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.Dd November 18, 2019
.Dt POUNCE 1
.Os
.
.Sh NAME
.Nm pounce
.Nd IRC bouncer
.
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl Nev
.Op Fl A Ar away
.Op Fl C Ar cert
.Op Fl H Ar host
.Op Fl K Ar priv
.Op Fl P Ar port
.Op Fl Q Ar quit
.Op Fl U Ar unix
.Op Fl W Ar pass
.Op Fl a Ar auth
.Op Fl c Ar cert
.Op Fl f Ar save
.Op Fl h Ar host
.Op Fl j Ar join
.Op Fl k Ar priv
.Op Fl n Ar nick
.Op Fl p Ar port
.Op Fl r Ar real
.Op Fl s Ar size
.Op Fl u Ar user
.Op Fl w Ar pass
.Op Ar config ...
.
.Nm
.Fl g Ar cert
.
.Nm
.Fl x
.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
daemon
is a multi-client, TLS-only IRC bouncer.
It maintains a persistent connection to an IRC server
while allowing clients to connect and disconnect,
receiving messages that were missed upon reconnection.
Clients should use the IRCv3.2
.Sy server-time
extension
to know when missed messages were received
and uniquely identify themselves by username.
See
.Sx Client Configuration
for details.
.
.Pp
Options can be loaded from
files listed on the command line.
Each option is placed on a line,
and lines beginning with
.Ql #
are ignored.
The options are listed below
following their corresponding flags.
.
.Pp
The arguments are as follows:
.
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl A Ar mesg , Cm away = Ar mesg
Set away status to
.Ar mesg
when no clients are connected.
.
.It Fl C Ar path , Cm cert = Ar path
Load TLS certificate from
.Ar path .
The default path is the
.Xr certbot 8
path for the
.Ar host
set by
.Fl H .
.
.It Fl H Ar host , Cm bind-host = Ar host
Bind to
.Ar host .
The default host is localhost.
.
.It Fl K Ar path , Cm priv = Ar path
Load TLS private key from
.Ar path .
The default path is the
.Xr certbot 8
path for the
.Ar host
set by
.Fl H .
.
.It Fl N , Cm no-names
Do not request
.Ql NAMES
for each channel when a client connects.
This avoids already connected clients
receiving unsolicited responses
but prevents new clients from populating user lists.
.
.It Fl P Ar port , Cm bind-port = Ar port
Bind to
.Ar port .
The default port is 6697.
.
.It Fl Q Ar mesg , Cm quit = Ar mesg
Quit with message
.Ar mesg
when shutting down.
.
.It Fl U Ar path , Cm bind-path = Ar path
Bind to a UNIX-domain socket at
.Ar path .
Clients are accepted as sent by
.Xr calico 1 .
If
.Ar path
is a directory,
the
.Ar host
set by
.Fl H
is appended to it.
This option takes precedence over
.Fl H
and
.Fl P .
.
.It Fl W Ar pass , Cm client-pass = Ar pass
Require the server password
.Ar pass
for clients to connect.
The
.Ar pass
string must be hashed using
.Fl x .
.
.It Fl a Ar user : Ns Ar pass , Cm sasl-plain = Ar user : Ns Ar pass
Authenticate as
.Ar user
with
.Ar pass
using SASL PLAIN.
Since this method requires
the account password in plaintext,
it is recommended to use SASL EXTERNAL instead with
.Fl e .
.
.It Fl c Ar path , Cm client-cert = Ar path
Load the TLS client certificate from
.Ar path .
If the private key is in a separate file,
it is loaded with
.Fl k .
With
.Fl e ,
authenticate using SASL EXTERNAL.
Certificates can be generated with
.Fl g .
.
.It Fl e , Cm sasl-external
Authenticate using SASL EXTERNAL.
The TLS client certificate is loaded with
.Fl c .
For more information, see
.Sx Configuring SASL EXTERNAL .
.
.It Fl f Ar path , Cm save = Ar path
Load the contents of the buffer from
.Ar path ,
if it exists,
and truncate it.
On shutdown,
save the contents of the buffer to
.Ar path .
.
.It Fl g Ar path
Generate a TLS client certificate using
.Xr openssl 1
and write it to
.Ar path .
.
.It Fl h Ar host , Cm host = Ar host
Connect to
.Ar host .
.
.It Fl j Ar chan , Cm join = Ar chan
Join the comma-separated list of
.Ar chan .
.
.It Fl k Ar path , Cm client-priv = Ar path
Load the TLS client private key from
.Ar path .
.
.It Fl n Ar nick , Cm nick = Ar nick
Set nickname to
.Ar nick .
The default nickname is the user's name.
.
.It Fl p Ar port , Cm port = Ar port
Connect to
.Ar port .
The default port is 6697.
.
.It Fl r Ar real , Cm real = Ar real
Set realname to
.Ar real .
The default realname is the same as the nickname.
.
.It Fl s Ar size , Cm size = Ar size
Set the number of messages contained in the buffer to
.Ar size .
The size must be a power of two.
The default size is 4096.
.
.It Fl u Ar user , Cm user = Ar user
Set username to
.Ar user .
The default username is the same as the nickname.
.
.It Fl v , Cm verbose
Write IRC messages to standard error
in red to the server,
green from the server,
yellow from clients
and blue to clients.
.
.It Fl w Ar pass , Cm pass = Ar pass
Log in with the server password
.Ar pass .
.
.It Fl x
Prompt for a password
and output a hash
for use with
.Fl W .
.El
.
.Pp
Client connections are not accepted
until successful login to the server.
If the server connection is lost,
the
.Nm
daemon exits.
.
.Pp
Upon receiving the
.Dv SIGUSR1
signal,
the certificate and private key
will be reloaded from the paths
specified by
.Fl C
and
.Fl K .
.
.Ss Client Configuration
Clients should be configured to
connect to the host and port set by
.Fl H
and
.Fl P ,
with TLS or SSL enabled.
If
.Fl W
is used,
clients must send a server password.
Clients should not attempt SASL.
.
.Pp
Clients should register with unique usernames,
for example the name of the client software
or location from which it is connecting.
New clients with the same username
are assumed to be reconnections
and will cause previous connections
to stop receiving messages.
Clients with usernames beginning with hyphen
.Ql -
are considered passive
and do not affect away status.
The nickname and real name sent by clients
are ignored.
.
.Pp
Pass-through of the following IRCv3 capabilities
is supported:
.Sy account-notify ,
.Sy away-notify ,
.Sy chghost ,
.Sy extended-join ,
.Sy invite-notify ,
.Sy multi-prefix ,
.Sy userhost-in-names .
.
.Ss Configuring SASL EXTERNAL
.Bl -enum
.It
Generate a new TLS client certificate:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
pounce -g example.pem
.Ed
.It
Connect to the server using the certificate:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
client-cert = example.pem
# or: pounce -c example.pem
.Ed
.It
Identify with services or use
.Cm sasl-plain ,
then add the certificate fingerprint (CertFP) to your account:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
/msg NickServ CERT ADD
.Ed
.It
Enable SASL EXTERNAL
to require successful authentication when connecting:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
client-cert = example.pem
sasl-external
# or: pounce -e -c example.pem
.Ed
.El
.
.Ss Service Configuration
Add the following to
.Pa /etc/rc.conf
to enable the
.Nm
daemon:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
pounce_enable="YES"
.Ed
.
.Pp
By default,
the
.Nm
daemon is started in the
.Pa /usr/local/etc/pounce
directory.
Configuration files in that location
can be loaded by setting
.Va pounce_flags :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
pounce_flags="example.conf"
.Ed
.
.Pp
The
.Nm
service supports profiles
for running multiple instances.
Set
.Va pounce_profiles
to a space-separated list of names.
Flags for each profile will be set from
.Va pounce_${profile}_flags .
For example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
pounce_profiles="example1 example2"
pounce_example1_flags="example1.conf"
pounce_example2_flags="example2.conf"
.Ed
.
.Pp
The commands
.Cm start , stop ,
etc.\&
will operate on the profile given as an additional argument,
or on all profiles without an additional argument.
.
.Pp
The
.Cm reload
command will cause the
.Nm
daemon to reload certificate files.
To reload other configuration,
use the
.Cm restart
command.
.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Ev USER
The default nickname.
.El
.
.Sh EXAMPLES
Configuration on the command line:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
pounce -H pounce.example.org -h chat.freenode.net -j '#ascii.town'
.Ed
.
.Pp
Configuration in a file:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
bind-host = pounce.example.org
host = chat.freenode.net
join = #ascii.town
.Ed
.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr calico 1
.
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
daemon implements the following:
.
.Bl -item
.It
.Rs
.%A Kyle Fuller
.%A St\('ephan Kochen
.%A Alexey Sokolov
.%A James Wheare
.%T IRCv3.2 server-time Extension
.%I IRCv3 Working Group
.%U https://ircv3.net/specs/extensions/server-time-3.2
.Re
.
.It
.Rs
.%A Lee Hardy
.%A Perry Lorier
.%A Kevin L. Mitchell
.%A William Pitcock
.%T IRCv3.1 Client Capability Negotiation
.%I IRCv3 Working Group
.%U https://ircv3.net/specs/core/capability-negotiation-3.1.html
.Re
.
.It
.Rs
.%A S. Josefsson
.%Q SJD
.%T The Base16, Base32, and Base64 Data Encodings
.%I IETF
.%N RFC 4648
.%D October 2006
.%U https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648
.Re
.
.It
.Rs
.%A C. Kalt
.%T Internet Relay Chat: Client Protocol
.%I IETF
.%N RFC 2812
.%D April 2000
.%U https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2812
.Re
.
.It
.Rs
.%A William Pitcock
.%A Jilles Tjoelker
.%T IRCv3.1 SASL Authentication
.%I IRCv3 Working Group
.%U https://ircv3.net/specs/extensions/sasl-3.1.html
.Re
.
.It
.Rs
.%A K. Zeilenga, Ed.
.%Q OpenLDAP Foundation
.%T The PLAIN Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanism
.%I IETF
.%N RFC 4616
.%D August 2006
.%U https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4616
.Re
.El
.
.Sh AUTHORS
.An June Bug Aq Mt june@causal.agency
.
.Sh CAVEATS
One instance of
.Nm ,
and therefore one local port,
is required for each server connection.
Alternatively,
the
.Xr calico 1
daemon can be used to dispatch from one local port
to many instances of
.Nm
using Server Name Indication.
.
.Pp
The
.Nm
daemon makes no distinction between channels.
Elevated activity in one channel
may push messages from a quieter channel
out of the buffer.
.
.Sh BUGS
Send mail to
.Aq Mt june@causal.agency
or join
.Li #ascii.town
on
.Li chat.freenode.net .
.
.Pp
A client will sometimes receive its own message,
causing it to be displayed twice.
This happens when a message is sent
while responses are not yet consumed.